#d8cae9

Color #d8cae9

A moderately saturated very light purple.

Closest named color Thistle #d8bfd8 · ΔE 5.99 Nearest Tailwind class purple-200 #e9d4ff · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#d8cae9

RGB

rgb(216, 202, 233)

HSL

hsl(267.1, 41.3%, 85.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(267.1, 13.3%, 91.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(7.3%, 13.3%, 0%, 8.6%)

LAB

lab(83.3, 10.57, -13.53)

LCH

lch(83.3, 17.17, 308)

OKLCH

oklch(86%, 0.0449, 305.85)

HWB

hwb(267.1, 79.2%, 8.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#dbe9ca

Analogous

#cacce9

#d8cae9

#e7cae9

Triadic

#d8cae9

#e9d8ca

#cae9d8

Split-complementary

#d8cae9

#e9e7ca

#cce9ca

Tetradic

#d8cae9

#e9cadb

#dbe9ca

#cae9d8

Square

#d8cae9

#e9cacc

#dbe9ca

#cae9e7

Shades

Color #d8cae9 mixed toward black.

#b297d4

#8d64be

#68409a

#462b66

#231533

Tints

Color #d8cae9 mixed toward white.

#dfd3ed

#e5dcf0

#ece5f4

#f2edf8

#f9f6fb

Tones

Color #d8cae9 mixed toward gray.

#d8cde6

#d9cfe4

#d9d2e1

#d9d4df

#d9d7dc

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.55:1

Aa Black text on this color

13.54:1

Black text reads better on this background (13.54:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d2d2e2 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#d3d4e0 · ΔE 9.6

Tritanopia

#d7dcdb · ΔE 16.3

Achromatopsia

#cfcfcf · ΔE 14.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #d8cae9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#d8cae9]

Related colors

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Frequently asked questions

#d8cae9 (#d8cae9) is rgb(216, 202, 233) in RGB.

No, #d8cae9 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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